Logo

0
Your cart is empty empty bag

Free Worldwide Delivery on orders over $50

Х

Myth, Cult and Symbols in Sakta Hinduism

 
Wendll C. Beane (Author)
Synopsis Significantly this book shows, by using a triangulation of methods (historical, phenomenological, and structural), what it is to live in a universe of meaning centered by the idea that the ultimate reality is grounded in a female principle. It provides a framework for uniting Hindu goddess-worship in all its sacred manifestations. The work uses the name Durga-Kali (via Mircea Eliade) as a vital focus for linking together tribal, popular (bhakti) and Brahmanic (Tantric) traditions. The author’s approach also allows for the integration of the physical, mental, and spiritual aspects of human life into a whole, - indeed – a unique type of balance. Though many subsequent highly specialized studies have enlarged upon aspects of its basic theme, this is the work that by and large launched a host of recent studies in the west aimed at helping those outside of the world of Sakta Hinduism to appreciate the wonder of its mythic cosmologies, cultic practices, and symbolic expressions.
Read more
27.90 25.11 $ 31.00 $
Free delivery Wolrdwidе in 10-18 days Ships in 1-2 days from New Delhi Membership for 1 Year $35.00
Get it now and save 10%
Members SAVE 10% every day
BECOME A MEMBER
About the author

Wendll C. Beane

Dr. Wendell Charles Beane is Professor Emeritus of the History of Religions at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh and does comparative research in his approach to the study of major world religious traditions. He is also the editor (with W.G. Doty) of Myths, Rites, Symbols : A Mircea Eliade Reader, 2 Vols. (Harper and Row) and The Truth Within You : Faith, Gnostic Visions, and Christ Consciousness (A.R.E. Press).

Write a review
Reviews 0in total
 

Bibliographic information

Title Myth, Cult and Symbols in Sakta Hinduism
Format Hardcover
Date published: 01.01.2001
Edition 1st ed.
Language: English
isbn 8121510406
length xiv+288p., Figures; Tables; Appendix; Illustrations; Bibliography; Index; 25cm.